Drag and drop each group of people who moved to the West to the group’s motivation for moving west. Each choice will be used once.

(2 points)
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find gold

send cattle back east

capture cattle

settle on land and improve it

1 answer

Here are the groups of people who moved to the West along with their motivations for moving:

  1. Forty-Niners (Gold Rush Miners) - find gold
  2. Cattle Ranchers - send cattle back east
  3. Cowboys - capture cattle
  4. Homesteaders - settle on land and improve it

Make sure to match each group with the correct motivation!